North: About three kilometres of six- and eight-lane divided freeway between Highway 1 and Old Banff Coach Road and reconstruction of about five kilometres of Highway 1. This segment includes 18 bridges, two interchanges (Highway 1 and Valley Ridge Boulevard) and one flyover (1 Avenue Southwest).

South: About four kilometres of six- and eight-lane divided freeway between Old Banff Coach Road and Highway 8, with seven bridges and four interchanges (Old Banff Coach Road, Bow Trail, 17 Avenue SW and Highway 8).

Twinning the Bow River Bridge on the northwest segment of the ring road and widening about two kilometres of Northwest Stoney Trail from Crowchild Trail to Scenic Acres Link.

The province will use a design-bid-build process, and Alberta Transportation will cover operations costs for the ring road. Construction is expected to create up to 2,600 jobs.

The West Calgary Ring Road is expected to open to traffic in 2022, one year after the completion of the southwest leg. Mason said that portion of the road, currently under construction, is on time and on budget.

Alberta allotted $2.1 billion over five years for the ring roads in Edmonton and Calgary.

Watch out for an in-depth look at Calgary’s ring road project in the upcoming August issue of On-Site